The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. With Glossarial Notes, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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Page vii
... reason , how fond do we see some people of discovering any little per- sonal story of the great men of antiquity ! their families , the common accidents of their lives , and even their shape , make , and features , have been the subject ...
... reason , how fond do we see some people of discovering any little per- sonal story of the great men of antiquity ! their families , the common accidents of their lives , and even their shape , make , and features , have been the subject ...
Page xxii
... reason does well allow of . His magick has something in it very solemn and very poetical ; and that extravagant character of Caliban is mighty well sustained , shews a wonderful invention in the author , who could strike out such a ...
... reason does well allow of . His magick has something in it very solemn and very poetical ; and that extravagant character of Caliban is mighty well sustained , shews a wonderful invention in the author , who could strike out such a ...
Page xxix
... reason lavished on the dead , and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the he- resies ...
... reason lavished on the dead , and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the he- resies ...
Page xxxi
... reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore praised only as pleasure is obtained ; yet , thus , unassisted by interest or passion , they have passed through variations of taste and changes of manners , and , as they devolved ...
... reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore praised only as pleasure is obtained ; yet , thus , unassisted by interest or passion , they have passed through variations of taste and changes of manners , and , as they devolved ...
Page xxxiv
... reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant xxxiv DR ...
... reason for choice . Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant xxxiv DR ...
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